B.C.P.D. Sgt. Edward Keady Dies

A funeral Mass was said at St. Joseph's Church in Needham on Jan. 19 for Boston College Police Sgt. Edward M. Keady, a 19-year veteran of the campus police force who died Jan. 15 at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston after a brief illness. He was 47.

Colleagues recalled Keady as a hard-working police officer with a ready smile, who loved Boston College hockey and served as the point man for campus police coverage of BC football games.

"He always had a way to make you laugh if you were having a blue day," said BC Police Lt. Margaret Connolly, who worked the overnight shift with Keady when both were in their early years on the BC force.

Boston College Police Chief Robert Morse described Keady as "the type of guy who would do anything you asked him to do - and do it 100 percent.

"He loved being a police officer," said Morse. "He loved being a Boston College police officer."